10 Awesome Recent Horror Movie Death Scenes
4. Longlegs - Longlegs
Longlegs defied audience expectation for many reasons, not least that Nicolas Cage's titular serial killer ended up making a premature exit from the story, dying a whole 20 minutes before the end of the movie.
After Longlegs is arrested, FBI agent protagonist Lee (Maika Monroe) confronts him in an interrogation room, where following an intense exchange he repeatedly slams his face into the room's table until he dies.
It's a joltingly violent, bloody, and disturbing sequence and basically the furthest outcome from what most surely expected for the antagonist - to die by his own hand while in police custody.
Most were surely anticipating a more Silence of the Lambs-inspired finale in which Lee shoots Longlegs dead while saving one of his victims. Not quite.
And yet, between Cage's unnerving physical performance and the overall discomforting tone of the scene, it totally works, even if it means seeing a little less of Cage's wild antics.